🌱 Patch AM: Thinking about Fire Island this summer? Here’s how to go cheaply

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• Thinking about Fire Island this summer? Here’s how to go cheaply

Today's riddle: What gets wetter as it dries? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 76 and low of 69 degrees.
• Tuesday: Humid; a little morning rain, temps: high: 80, low: 62.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 83 and low of 63 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• 10 New York 2026 Summer Adventures That Feel Expensive But Won't Cost You More Than A Tank Of Gas (takingthekids.com) — One of the standout budget adventures is a car-free escape to Fire Island National Seashore, where quiet dunes and the Otis Pike High Dune Wilderness feel worlds away from the city. The guide explains how to reach Fire Island by LIRR and ferry, then rounds up nine other affordable New York day trips that still feel like splurges.    

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📸 Around Fire Island

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fire Island

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Thursday June 25

• EARLY DISMISSAL GRADES PreK-5
  South Country Csd Patchogue, NY 11772
• Half Day for Elementary Schools
  Patchogue-Medford UFSD Patchogue, NY 11772
• High School Graduation
  Patchogue-Medford UFSD Patchogue, NY 11772
  7:00 pm

Friday June 26

• LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
  South Country Csd Patchogue, NY 11772
• EARLY DISMISSAL GRADES PreK-5
  South Country Csd Patchogue, NY 11772
• 4th Quarter Marking Period Ends (Gr. 6-12)
  South Country Csd Patchogue, NY 11772
• 3rd Trimester End Date (Gr. PreK-5)
  South Country Csd Patchogue, NY 11772
• High School Graduation Raindate
  Patchogue-Medford UFSD Patchogue, NY 11772
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday June 23

• UPK Early Dismissal 11 AM
  Bayport-Blue Point UFSD Bayport, NY 11705
• AS/BP/SA Early Dismissal 11:30 AM K-5
  Bayport-Blue Point UFSD Bayport, NY 11705
• AS 5th Grade Memory Book Breakfast
  Bayport-Blue Point UFSD Bayport, NY 11705
• BP 5th Grade Moving- Up Ceremony 10 AM
  Bayport-Blue Point UFSD Bayport, NY 11705

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

• Fire Island Boat Charters
  It’s Charter season so charter a 41’ Searay 390 Sport Yacht in the Great South Bay along Fire Island. USCG Captain and a Host. 6 guests for a swim ... (More info)

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🗞 Nearby News

Bayport

• Community raises $103K for Bayport-Blue Point teacher after husband's sudden death (greaterlongisland.com)

Sayville

• How Huntington, Sayville and CSH earned state girls lacrosse titles (newsday.com)
• Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Nurses in Sayville, NY (psychologytoday.com)

Patchogue

• This Tiny New York Town Is Steadily Becoming The State's Next Hotspot And Nobody Saw It Coming (takingthekids.com)
• Third Person Arrested for Alleged Role in Deadly Fight (lilifepolitics.com)

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Ok Fire Island! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A towel (Thank you Paula W. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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